McGruder v. Service Drayage Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
The defendant is engaged in the dray-age business in New Orleans, and uses motortrucks in connection therewith. It employed plaintiff as a truck driver at a daily wage of $4.30, and on March 16, 1932, while plaintiff was operating one of defendant’s trucks loaded with cotton, the. left front wheel struck a scantling which had been used as a skid on the platform, causing the scantling to fly up and strike plaintiff’s left hand. It is alleged that the hand was crushed, but the testimony shows that only the first or index finger was injured. The hand was examined and the finger…
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- Wilson v. Union Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
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